Wave-motor.



PATENTBD JULY 2, 1907. P. P. TODD. WAVE MoToR. APPLIOATION FILED 0012.10, v 1906.

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WAVE MOTOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

WAVE-MOTOR.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed October 10, 1906. Serial No. 338,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLOYD F. TODD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Susquehanna, in the lcounty of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wave- Motors; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in motors, and more particularly to that class known as wave motors, and my object is to provide means for utilizing the force of the wave for directing water into a tubular member and forcing the same therethrough into engagement with suitable machinery, storage tanks or the like.

A further object is to provide means for properly disposing the mouth of the motor into engagement with the rolling surface of the water.

A further object is to provide means for permitting the air to escape and thereby `allowing a free passage of the wave into the motor.

A further obj ect is to provide means for retaining the water after it has been disposed through the motor into a suitable pipe.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to andl more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application. Figure l is a top plan view of my improved motor and its necessary accessories. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof as seen from line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the motor removed from position within said supporting wall, Fig, 4 is a 'sectional view as seen from line 4--4 of figure. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the air valves removed from the motor, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a slightly modified form of motor.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l indicates a wall which is provided at suitable intervals with channels 2, said channels extending entirely through the walls, and are provided at their outer ends with vertically disposed guide plates 3, in which is slidably mounted a plate 4.

Secured to the outer face of the plate 4 is a drum or casing 5, through which is disposed a mouth-piece 6, said mouth piece being enlarged at its outer end and tapered toward its inner end to receive one end of a pipe 7 or other water conveying means, the said pipe being preferably on line with the floor or lower portion of the mouth-piece, while the side walls and upper portion of the mouth-piece is flared, thereby affording convement-space for the water to enter the mouth-piece. In operation the mouth-piece is disposed in the water so that the lower edge thereof will rest upon or slightly below the surface of the water, and as the plate supporting the mouth-piece is slidably mounted in the guides upon the wall l, the mouth-piece will rise and fall with the water, and by this construction it :will be seen that the outer end of the mouth-piece will be in readiness to receive each succeeding wave on its inward passage toward the shore, and it will also be seen that as the wave strikes the mouth-piece, that it will become filled with water, and that the force of the wave will direct the volume of the water into the pipe 7. As soon as the wave recedes, a valve 8 in the inner end of the mouth-piece will descend, thereby retaining all of the water that has been forced into the pipe 7, and as each succeeding wave is directed into the mouthpiece a new supply of water is forced into the pipe 7, and into engagement with a suitable power wheel or into a storage tank or the like.

In order to permit the air to escape from the mouthpiece 6, I have provided in the upper flaring wall thereof a plurality of openings 9 in which are seated air valves 10, one end of which is pivotally secured to the upper wall of the mouth-piece, while the edges thereof are directed upwardly to form side walls 1l, the eX- treme upper ends of the side walls being directed at right angles thereto to form supports l2, and by which means the valve is prevented from descending too far into the mouth-piece. By this construction it will be seen that by leaving the free end of the valve open, the air in the mouth-piece can pass through the openings 9 until such time as the water reaches the lower surface of the valve and closes the same, and as soon as the water recedes in the mouthpiece, the valves will immediately descend until the supports 12 engage the outer surfaces of the mouth-piece. A false roof 13 is disposed immediately over the valves l0 and at a distance therefrom, thereby forming an opening 14 through which the air escapes to the outer atmosphere. That portion of the pipe 7 immediately connected to the mouth-piece 6 is preferably exible to compensate for the adjustment of the plate 4 in the guide plates 3.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing, I have shown a slightly modified form of the device, in that the mouth-piece 6 is preferably made circular and the surface of the valves 10 and the false roof 13 are correspondingly curved to properly coperate with the curved upper surface of the mouth-piece,

It will now be seen that I have provided a cheap and economical means for utilizing the force of waves for storing the water or directing the same into engagement with suitable power wheels, and the distance to which the water may be forced is unlimited.

The drum 5 is preferably oblong and assumes a vertical position, thereby enabling me to employ a number of the mouth-pieces and dispose the same within a small space, as the drums may be placed in close relationship to each other Without interfering With their respective movements.

What I claim is:

1. The combination With a Wall having channels therein and guide plates at each side of said channels; of a plate vertically movable in said guides, a drum on said plate, a flaring mouth-piece disposed through said drum and into the channel in the Wall, a pipe secured to the inner end of said mouth-piece, a valve at the juncture of said pipe and mouthpiece and a plurality lof valves in the upper portion ofl said mouth piece.

2. In a device of the class described, Lne combination With a vertically movable drum and means to support said drum; of a tapered mouth-piece having its side and top walls ared, and a plurality oif openings in said top wall, a valve in each of said openings and hinged at one end to the top Wall, side walls integral with said valves and extending upwardly throughthe openings, supports on said side Walls to engage said top wall, a pipe secured to said mouth-piece and a valve at the intersection of said mouth piece and pipe.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FLOYD F. TODD.

Witnesses:

HENRY H. Scronmnn, .T Arms A. KAY. 

